Year		First		Second		Third
1976-77		Greg DUNFORD (NSW) 5:38.6		Neil HAWTHORNE (Qld) 5:53.0		Andrew CURRIE (NSW) 5:53.6
1977-78		Derek STEVENSON (NSW) 5:55.2		Peter HAYNES (SA) 5:55.4		Shane GILLILAND (Qld) 5:55.8
1978-79		Shane GILLILAND (Qld) 5:43.04		Andrew HINWOOD (NSW) 5:48.67		Rod BRUTON (Vic) 5:51.99
1979-80		Andrew DOUGLAS (NSW) 6:00.6		John MCMURRAY (Tas) 6:03.8		Peter HAYNES (SA) 6:06.7
1980-81		Greg LYONS (Vic) 5:51.16		Mark JONES (NSW) 5:53.31		Mark BOUCHER (Vic) 5:54.82
1981-82		Brendan HEWITT (SA) 5:48.98		Mark BOUCHER (Vic) 5:50.83		Barry GREIG (Vic) 5:57.17
1982-83		Hector BEGEO (PHI) 5:45.72 (2) John WALSH (Vic) 5:58.93		(3) Peter HANLEY (NSW) 6:00.06		(4) Robert SKINNER (Vic) 6:08.97
1983-84		Bruce KENTWELL (NSW) 5:47.55		Ian HUMPHRIES (NSW) 5:52.47		John WALSH (Vic) 5:53.54
1984-85		Mike INWOOD (Qld) 5:49.93		Shane GEORGE (Qld) 5:55.31		Richard PORTER (SA) 5:58.58
1985-86		Patrick WOODS (ACT) 5:50.93		Ray BOYD (WA) 5:54.97		Tim READWIN (Vic) 5:55.88
1986-87		Stephen ROTHWELL (NSW) 5:47.70		Wayne EDGLER (NZL) 5:48.31 (3) David RUNDLE (NSW) 5:53.48		(4) Shaun CREIGHTON (ACT) 5:56.07
1987-88		David RUNDLE (NSW) 5:57.13		Russell STOKES (NSW) 6:02.43		Paul GARROTT (Tas) 6:09.15
2000-01		Jeffrey HUNT (NSW) 9:18.01		Nick BROMLEY (NSW) 9:20.63		Michael SHELLEY (Qld) 9:22.12

The first three Australian athletes (as well as first three overall) are in the respective columns.
Rank in brackets ( ) indicate the overall rank of the Australian athlete where that athlete was beaten into that place by an international.